Improvement in farm-gates



H. REGHER, Farm-Gate.

N0.196.101. Patented Oct. 16,1871,

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

HENRY REGHEB, OF LIBERTY, OHIO.

IM PROVEMENT IN FARM-GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,101, dated October16, 1877; application filed August 25, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BECKER, of Liberty, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Farm-Gates, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure I is a sideview of the gate. Fig. 11 is a View of the same at a right angle to thatof Fig, I, illustrating the rods and'levers for operating the gate.

The object of my invention is to open and close an ordinary farm-gate bythe use of an oscillating rod carrying apivotal latch, the same beingoperated by rods connected to alever on the gate that produces theoscillation, and

hand-levers, so situated that the gate can be conveniently handled fromthe back of ahorse or a vehicle.

In the drawing, B represents the ordinary farm-gate, which is suspendedby hinges from the post A. A is the opposite post, to which the catch Dis attached. F F are posts to support and protect the hand-levers G andH. These posts are set on a line with the hinged post. The several postsare firmly embedded in the ground. The catch is notched, and a partextends above the notch to arrest the movement of the gate as it isbeing closed. The plates P]? are securedbetween the boards of the gate,and through them are orifices, which form a bearingfor the oscillatingrod 0. At the rear end is a forked arm, S, attached, which embraces theend of the lever E, and the ends extend below the upper edge of theboard, and this arrangement accomplishes a twofold purposethat of movingthe latch and then moving the gate. This oscillating rod has a handle,0, for the convenience of those passing through on foot. The latch n ismade of a plate of metal, or may be cast in form, it having an eye toembrace the end of the oscillating rod, and a lip, which, when the gateis closed, drops into the catch, and also a longitudinal slot. The pin mpasses through this slot for the double purpose of holding the latchonto the oscillating rod and to limit the movement of the same. K is anarm attached to the rear rail of the gate, and to which the lever E ispivoted. The front end of this I lever occupies the space within theforked arm,

and at the rear the rods I I are attached. The other ends are attachedto hand-levers G and H. The lever G is pivoted near the top of the postF, and the lever H is pivoted near the bottom of post F. At Fig. 11 isillustrated the relation of the hand-levers to the gate-lever, and thearrangement of these parts with reference to the gate.

The operation may be described thus: A person approaching in a vehiclefrom the right will push forward the lever H. The effect is to firstraise the latch, and thus open the gate fully. The vehicle having passedthrough the gate, the lever G is pushed in the direction of the movingvehicle, and the gate is thereby closed. Thus in approaching the gatefrom either direction,both in opening and closing, the levers are movedin the direction of the passing team.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The oscillating rod 0, latch a,handle 0, and catch 1), in combination with a farm-gate, constructed andarranged substantially as set forth.

2. The oscillating rod 0, latch 12, catch D, forked arm S, lever E, andhand-levers G and H, in combination with the gate B, substan tially asdescribed.

HENRY REOHER.

Witnesses:

B. PICKERING, W. H. CLARK.

